FoodsBase

Bringing culture to your homes with homemade food

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Inspiration

We often eat outside at fast food restaurants and large food corporations, but we knew that there were an overwhelming amount of negative impacts of unhealthy food, so we wondered why not create an application that promotes homemade food from family businesses? This will positively impact the health and culture of the community!

What it does

FoodsBase is the very first homemade food marketplace that promotes homemade food, especially cultural and healthy meals. Even more, because many people have medical conditions or specific diets, FoodsBase provides suggestions from professional doctors for one’s eating plan. To ensure a healthy lifestyle and well-being, we also have an exercise tracker that will provide the number of calories burnt, helping you record your lifestyle and improving upon it your own personalized health. Overall, our application reinforces the idea of healthy living through eating and exercising for people with all kinds of needs!

How we built it

Python, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Flask API ⇒ Nutritionix, Edamam Editors: VSCode, Jupyter Notebook, PyCharm, Replit

Challenges we ran into

This was also our first time using a database, so having PostgreSQL setup took a lot of time to work and setup. Setting up the server, and running all the code was also very difficult. Additionally, we had a lot of difficulties keeping everything afloat at the same time. The time zones were really causing problems and we were using Flask and various API's. It was quite a drama, because everyone needed a different package and some dependencies just weren't compatible or didn't work. But in the end, we managed to find a solution and get everything running smoothly. ML use was another interesting part, where having the code run didn’t work out well the first time, this again being our first time using something like this.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are so proud to have finished this amazing project while working with people all across the globe (US, Canada, Spain) and meeting each other! Within a short span of time, we are so proud to build a unique web that will help people universally in order to stay healthy.

What we learned

Many of our group members familiarized and learned about: Using an API Using a database Setting up a server and running the code Setting up ML with already trained files Using the code editors and languages How to have fun developing a project :))

What's next

For the future, we are planning to create a money transfer system that supports delivery systems to homes. To secure the money, we are planning to create a login system and a mobile app for accessibility. Furthermore, to prioritize healthy eating, we want to build a direct connection between symptoms and exercise to food to help those impacted with health issues more than ever. We also hope to be more descriptive and statistical pages regarding nutrients of each food medically

Overview:

An amazing team of the best developers/individuals has taken the step to develop an application for people interested in staying cultural and having better health. They welcome you, to... FoodsBase!!

The very first homemade food marketplace and we all know it's better than Restaurant food... or at least it tastes better... and is way more nutritious.

For those of you who may want to eat special foods based on a specific medical condition, this website will give you suggestions on what doctors suggest you eat.

If you end up using our website, I'm sure you want to keep healthy... our exercise tracker section will give you the number of calories you burned while exercising so that you can track it. In the future, they plan on adding a co-indicted connection between these applications and FoodsBase.

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